Religion and ethics with Scott Stephens

Scott Stephens joined RN Drive to discuss the human face of the West's excessive and unethical consumption.

It follows a report from ABC's Four Corners' Sarah Fergus who travelled to Bangladesh and revealed that some garment workers working for the Australian brand Rivers endured horrific working conditions in return for just and being paid $3 a day.

The revelations come just months after international outcry over the tragic building collapse in Rana Plaza, which killed more than 1,000 people and highlighted the plight of the nation's garment workers.

Guests

Scott Stephens

Scott Stephens is Editor of the ABC’s Religion and Ethics website, and specialist commentator on religion and ethics for ABC radio and television. He presented two series of the critically acclaimed “Life’s Big Questions” program for Compass on ABC1, and has been guest presenter of Conversations with Richard Fidler on ABC local radio. Before coming to the ABC, Scott taught theology, ethics and Semitic studies for many years. He has published widely on moral philosophy, theology and political theory, and is currently writing a book on whether public ethics can survive in a media age. He is editing a further two volumes: on theological ethics and social order, and on political Islam and the collapse of the Arab Spring. He has spoken at dozens of international conferences on issues ranging from theology and aesthetics through to education and mental health. He has also co-edited and translated the selected works of the philosopher and cultural critic, Slavoj Zizek, which was named by The Guardian one of its 'Books of the Year' in 2007.